Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-04-22
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.

VINO II was THAT SflOt llauuOck ls uncertain,
but it is certain that o conspiracy to admins
ter corporal punishment To him WAS formed;
that that conspiracy was illegal; that the as
sissination was the result of the conspiracy,
and that the conspirators are morally and
legally responsible for the murder. The con-
spirators are known, their names having been
revealed on the witness stand, and it viii be q
miscarriage of justice and a disgrace to the
State if oil are not punished. The spectacle
of a preacher enacting the role of a policeman
is not pleasant to contemplate; but the fact
that Haddock engaged in a business which
should have been left to others supplied no
one with q justification for killing him. HIS
murder was a most .oul and cowardly one,
and will be a severe commentary on the in
efficiency OF our laws, courts and juries, if
those responsible for it do not eXpiatc their
cr.mo in prison. -D"Oaque Telegraph.
Those who have followed closely the testi-
mony developed by tho Sioux City trial OF
dock must necessarily reach the conclusion
that all OF Sioux Clty's most able bodice liars
have been called to the witness stand. No
fair minded person can convince himself that
the witnesses for the defense are ali of them
telling the truth. So remarkable an aggrega-
ton of contradictory statements is seldom
seen as those brought out by the coroner's in
quest and the trial. The theory of the de-
tense seems to be to bewilder the jury, and
if it has not succeeded it is because the jury
is mentally superior to the general public
fazhton Press md Ddh0tidt.
There is a popular belief that the Sioux City
conspirators and murderers and their friends
intend to swear every one of the indicted par
ties clear; and the prosecution will have to be
very successful in impcaching testimony in
order TO prevent them from doing 50. 1t
would be hard to find twelve men one of whom
would not be convinced or at least perplexed
by tho doubts raised Ivy such conflicting testi-
mNuv ArapSInrf will MT 1n ,n-,,;$t,l l-A
it seems very doubtful whether the Jury can
agree TO convict.-Ues -Noin.s Nlrs.
Every man SO far introduced by the defense
in the Haddock murder trial, save the three or
four business mel called last week to testify
as to the character of Leavitt, is IL preeions
scoundrcl both by reputation and association.
The same may be said of some of the attorneys
on that side Of the fence. Of the whole gang.
composed of Leavitt and Bismarck and Tie
crowd that is after them, the two former show
up from this distance as by far the better men,
-Litcoln y0urnal.
Almost all the wi nesses for the defense
nave been saloon men, and some of them fail
badly under the searching cross-examination
that follows. 1t does not appear tina the case
OF the state has really suffered seriously, but
the predictions i'll Sioux City from the start
have been to the effect that The jury would not
aGree-and such a result isby no means i'm
probable. -1lpton Advertiser.
The trial of Arensdorf, the murderer of Had
dock, il likely to prove a glaring and Disgrace
fnl farce-an ending to be regretted beyond
the present generation by the entire legal fra
e yer, OF america 1t will mark all epoch IN
our jurisprudence and begin the downfall of
lawyer supremacy in the land. Remember
this AS a prediction.-De Wit OOseyycy.
The fact that the statements of Bismarck,
a1a l'eavltt were both made without kuuwl-
cage OF the other, and both substantially
agreed US to the me hod and the person who
ulo tlle shooting, can surely leave no doubt in
an unbiased mind as to the trutlfulncss ~
these statements -Gyundy Argus.
Enough perjurers have cropped ont in .ho
tiaddocA trial at Sioux City to fiji a nen;ten
tary. Reckless and bare-taced mcnd!c;tr = -
pears to be the chief characteristic of thn M NJ
lorlly OF the witnesses who have vet onnaa,n1
~ 'liis case. Put the liars in stripes, IH,,nL,,
Are2slorf may be guilty, and if ho
~, Me nope IS he may suffer the severest
inony Of otlies men than Leaviit and D;a-
Iiafck 10 satisfy the pubic mind that ho :,
me murderer of lladuock.-Ci,y;nu WMH
toi. VIZ" -ioht-
Aiaer a lou days trial they lavo !.
as yet been able to introduce io'
Sie Ml'less That dos not stand sslf-im eochnI
t;,e rnmnnn"n vi oDtalIiinS a livi,g aud Nv
croy Ncns. Aee!'s'-l"m-
o;t lhe general impression is that the iurv will
either acquit Arelsdor; or disagree i"'y "4il
case ,hs ;, 1us1,.e viii Ie delayed, AMI the b,o n,I1 81
me murdered martyr will sill crv tn noou OF
seance.-o'""ge 1ity Aeruld. Ven
co Desps,e t i 4 Predictions tLo to the contrary it is
VIA a peEieciness seldom equalled wh h;il"lea
aeiense Is AWKWARD and u.lev,n @p "n!le .'ie
ley Register. Va
Inc Witnesses on the Haddock case ii, s,:.
10 rlvai those of Eliza Pinkham f a'"a d.! lair
are Are sooa sweaIers in Sioux city and nlon mere
0iena' -''onH rats A'yus-LeuGer. t'cn's OF
n ahe salocn people seem to be bent ~,
! Ing oAe'f fiends'-i"amose Euyeka, Il e'eas'